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HOW WE REMEMBER OUR PAST LIVES
Among the many ideas which have lightened the burden of men, one of the most serviceable has been
that of Reincarnation. It not only explains why one man is born in the lap of luxury and another in poverty,
why one is a genius and another an idiot, but it also holds out the hope that, as men now reap what they
have sown in the past, so in future lives, the poor and wretched of today shall have what they lack, if so
they work for it, and that the idiot may, life after life, build up mentality which in far-off days may flower as
genius.
When the idea of reincarnation is heard of for the first time, the student naturally supposes that it is a
Hindu doctrine, for it is known to be a fundamental part of both Hinduism and Buddhism. But the strange
fact is that reincarnation is found everywhere as a belief, and its origin cannot be traced to Indian
sources. We hear of it in far-off Australia ( See The Northern Tribes of Central Australia, by Baldwin
Spencer & F.G. Gillen, 1904, page 175, et seq.) and there is a story on record of an Australian aborigine
who went cheerfully to the gallows, and replied on being questioned as to his levity :”Tumble down blackfellow, jump up white fellow, and have lots of sixpences to spend!” It was taught by the Druids of ancient
Gaul, and Julius Caesar tells us how young Gauls were taught reincarnation, and that as a consequence
they had no fear of death. Greek philosophers knew of it; we have Pythagoras telling his pupils that in his
past lives he had been a warrior at the siege of Troy, and later was the philosopher Hermotimus of
Galzomenae. It is not utterly unknown to Christian teaching, if we take the simple statement of Christ,
when questioned whether John the Baptist was Elijah or Elias reborn: “If ye will receive it, this is Elias
which was for to come,” and He follows up the statement with the significant words: “He that hath ears to
hear, let him hear.” In later Jewish tradition, the idea is known, and the Talmud mentions several cases of
reincarnation.
There are many to whom reincarnation appeals forcibly, and Schopenhauer does but little exaggerate
when he says: “I have also remarked that it is at once obvious to everyone who hears of it for the first
time”. Some believe in the idea immediately; it comes to them like a flash of light in thick darkness, and
the problem of life is clearly seen with reincarnation as the solution. Others there are who grow into
belief, as each doubt is solved and each question answered
There is one, and only one, objection which can logically be brought against reincarnation, if correctly
understood as Theosophy teaches it. It lies in the question: “If, as you say, I have lived on earth in other
bodies, why don't I remember the past?”
Now if reincarnation is popular a fact in Nature, there surely will be enough other facts which will point to its
existence. No one fact in Nature stands isolated, and it is possible in divers ways to discover that fact.
Similarly it is with reincarnation; there are indeed enough facts of a psychological kind to prove to a
thinker that reincarnation must be a fact of Nature and not a theory.
In answering the question why we do not remember our past lives, surely the first necessary point is to
ask ourselves what we mean by “memory”. If we have some clear ideas as to the mechanism of memory,
perhaps we may be able to understand why we do not (or do) “remember” our past days or lives. Now,
briefly speaking, what we usually mean by memory is a summing up. If I remember today the incidents of
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my cutting my finger yesterday, there will be two elements in my memory: first the series of events which
went to produce the pain - the misadventure in handling the knife, the cut, the bleeding, the sensorial
reaction in the brain, the gesture and so on; and second, the sense of pain. As days pass, the causes of
the pain recede into the periphery of consciousness, while the effects, as pain, still hold the centre.
Presently, we shall find that even the memory of the pain itself recedes into the background, leaving
behind with us not a direct memory as an event, but an indirect memory as a tendency – a tendency to
be careful in the handling of all cutting implements. This process is continually taking place; the cause is
forgotten (though recove



How We Remember Our Past Lives - C. Jinarajadsa
How many times have you lived? Maybe you lived in ancient Egypt, or in the 1800's or even the 1930's or 40's? But how do we remember our past lives?

1 HOW WE REMEMBER OUR PAST LIVES
2 THE VISION OF THE SPIRIT
3 THE LAW OF RENUNCIATION
4 THE HIDDEN WORK OF NATURE

Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa (16 December 1875, Sri Lanka –18 June 1953, United States) was an author, occultist, freemason and theosophist. The fourth president of the Theosophical Society, Jinarajadasa was one of the world's foremost Theosophical authors, having published more than 50 books and more than 1600 articles in periodicals during his life. His interests and writings included religion, philosophy, literature, art, science and occult chemistry. He was also a rare linguist, who had the ability to work in many European languages.
HOW WE REMEMBER OUR PAST LIVES
By C. Jinarajadasa

Taken from the book How We Remember Our Past Lives and Other Essays on Reincarnation,
published in 1915 by the Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, India.
Among the many ideas which have lightened the burden of men, one of the most
serviceable has been that of Reincarnation. It not only explains why one man is born in
the lap of luxury and another in poverty, why one is a genius and another an idiot, but
it also holds out the hope that, as men now reap what they have sown in the past, so in
future lives the poor and the wretched of today shall have what they lack, if so they
work for it, and that the idiot may, life after life, build up a mentality which in far-off
days may flower as the genius.
When the idea of reincarnation is heard of for the first time, the student naturally
supposes that it is a Hindu doctrine, for it is known to be a fundamental part of both
Hinduism and Buddhism. But the strange fact is that reincarnation is found everywhere
as a belief, and its origin cannot be traced to Indian sources. We hear of it in far-off
Australia,1
and there is a story on record of an Australian aborigine who went cheerfully to the gallows, and replied on being questioned as to his levity: “Tumble down
black-fellow, jump up white-fellow, and have lots of sixpences to spend! “It was taught
by the Druids of ancient Gaul, and Julius Caesar tells us how young Gauls were taught
reincarnation, and that as a consequence they had no fear of death. Greek philosophers
knew of it; we have Pythagoras telling his pupils that in his past lives he had been a
warrior at the siege of Troy, and later was the philosopher Hermotimus of Glazomenae.
It is not utterly unknown to Christian teaching, if we take the simple statement of
Christ, when questioned whether John the Baptist was Elijah or Elias reborn: “If ye will
receive it, this is Elias which was for to come,” and He follows up the statement with
the significant words: “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” In later Jewish tradition,
the idea is known, and the Talmud mentions several cases of reincarnation.
There are many to whom reincarnation appeals most forcibly, and Schopenhauer
does but little exaggerate when he says: “I have also remarked that it is at once obvious
to everyone who hears of it for the first time.” Some believe in the idea immediately; it
comes to them like a flash of light in thick darkness, and the problem of life is clearly
seen with reincarnation as the solution. Others there are who grow into belief, as each
doubt is solved and each question answered.